Person:Benjamin Hall (38)

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Benjamin Henry Hall, of Hall's Creek, Calvert, MD
b.1667 Calvert County, Maryland
d.Bef 29 Mar 1721 Maryland, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1658
  1. Elisha Hall1663 - Bef 1716/17
  2. Joseph Hall1665 - 1705
  3. Benjamin Henry Hall, of Hall's Creek, Calvert, MD1667 - Bef 1721
  4. Aaron Hall1669 - 1705
  5. Rachel Hall1671 - Bef 1731
  6. Elizabeth Hall1673 - 1743
  7. Lucia Hall1675 - 1702
  8. Sarah Hall1677 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Benjamin Henry Hall, of Hall's Creek, Calvert, MD1667 - Bef 1721
  • W.  Mary Brooke1678 - 1742
m. Bef 23 Feb 1696
  1. Francis Hall1696 - 1785
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Facts and Events
Name[1][3] Benjamin Henry Hall, of Hall's Creek, Calvert, MD
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1667 Calvert County, Marylandthird son
Residence[1] 1690 St. Mary's County, Maryland
Residence[1] 1696 Charles County, Maryland
Marriage Bef 23 Feb 1696 Maryland, United States[she is the widow Bowling]
to Mary Brooke
Death[1] Bef 29 Mar 1721 Maryland, United States
Probate[1] 29 Mar 1721 [county tbd]
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Family Recorded, in Papenfuse, Edward C; Alan F Day; David W Jordan; and Gregory A Stiverson. A Biographical dictionary of the Maryland legislature, 1635-1789. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Johns Hopkins University Press, c1979-1985)
    426:381, 389.

    HALL, BENJAMIN (1667-1721).
    BORN: in 1667 in Calvert County; third son.
    NATIVE: second generation.
    RESIDED: in Calvert County; St. Mary's County briefly in the 1690s; Charles County, 1696.
    FAMILY BACKGROUND.
    FATHER: Richard Hall (?-1688).
    MOTHER: Elizabeth.
    ...
    MARRIED by 1696/97 Mary (1678-1742), widow of James Bowling (?-1693);
    ...
    CHILDREN.
    SON: Francis (1696-1785), who married Dorothy, daughter of Henry Lowe (?-1717).

    PRIVATE CAREER.
    EDUCATION: literate.
    RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-TION: raised as a Quaker; presumably a lapsed Quaker and a nominal Anglican during the period of his officeholding, 1694-1704; converted to Catholicism sometime after his marriage.
    SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: second generation burgess; son held no known office. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: possibly an agent in 1688 for the London merchant firm of Lane, Perry, & Paggan; merchant; planter.

    PUBLIC CAREER.
    LEGISLATIVE SERVICE Lower House, Charles County, 1697/98-1700, 1701-1704.
    LOCAL OFFICES: justice, St.Mary's County, 1694-1694/95, Charles County, 1696-1698, 1700-1704; coroner, Charles County, 1697, 1699, 1702.

    MILITARY SERVICE: captain, 1700-1702.

    STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: Jacobite activity brought his dismissal from his
    justiceship in 1698.

    WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
    LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: over 773 acres, of which 500 acres was inherited from his father in 1688.
    WEALTH AT DEATH.
    DIED: will probated on March 29, 1721.
    PERSONAL PROPERTY:
    TEV, £1,419.8.2 (including 31 slaves and 2 servants);
    FB, £1,301.1.6.
    LAND: 2,099 acres.

  2.   Family Recorded, in Papenfuse, Edward C; Alan F Day; David W Jordan; and Gregory A Stiverson. A Biographical dictionary of the Maryland legislature, 1635-1789. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Johns Hopkins University Press, c1979-1985)
    426:745.

    SMITH, JOHN (?-1738).
    RESIDED: at Hall's Creek, Calvert County.
    FAMILY BACKGROUND.
    ... MARRIED first, by 1687, Lucia, daughter of Richard Hall (?-1688). Her brothers were Elisha Hall (1663-ca. 1716/17); Joseph (1665-1705); Benjamin Hall (1667-1721); and Aaron (1669-1705). Her sisters were Rachel (1671-1730), who married Walter Smith (?-1711); Elizabeth (1673-1743); and Sarah (1677-?), who married Robert Bradley (?-1724). ...

  3. ↑ Marriage Recorded, in Msa.maryland.gov - Maryland Indexes, Marriage References, MSA S 1527
    H [1].

    Hall, Benjamin, m. by 23 Feb 1696, Mary, relict and extx of James Bowling of CH Co. (INAC 14:105).
    Hall, Henry, m. by 1696, Mary Brooke, widow of James Bowling,; she m. 3rd, Henry Witham, dau. of Col. Thomas and Ellinor (Hatton) Brooke (MWB 2:272, 16:354, 491, 527).
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    [cos1776 Note of Caution: is this the same Hall husband???]

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